KARACHI: Unseeded Uzair Shoukat joined three other seeded players as the Sindh Satellite Squash Champ­ionships reached the last-four stage here at the Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Thursday.

Uzair inflicted a 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 defeat upon Junaid Khan who had earlier sent third seed Faizan Khan packing 11-3, 11-7, 12-10 in the second round.

Top seed Naveed Rehman, second seed Saeed Abdul and fourth seed Ashab Irfan justified their billing by making it to the semis.

Naveed got the better of Mutahir Ali 11-7, 15-13, 5-11, 11-3 while Saeed overcame Khushal Riaz 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 and Ashab carved out a 11-13, 11-6, 11-5, 11-5 victory over Huzaifa Shahid in their respective quarter-finals.

The quarter-finals were preceded by second-round matches in the morning.

Meanwhile, women’s top quartet namely Zaynab Khan, Noor-ul-Huda, Rooshna Mehboob and Anum Mustafa reached the semi-finals.

Top seed Zaynab humbled Mehvish Ali 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 while second seed Noor outclassed Ilsa Imran 11-8, 11-2, 11-7.

Similarly, third seed Rooshna outplayed Aiman Shahbaz straight 11-3, 11-4, 11-4 while fourth seed Anum struggled to whip Sana Bahadur 5-11, 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9 in a fully stretched duel.

The semi-finals will be played on Friday.

Results:

Women’s:

Second round: Zaynab Khan bt Alina Zehra 11-5, 11-3, 11-3; Mehvish Ali bt Fehmina Asim 7-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-6; Sana Bahadur bt Manahil Aqeel 11-1, 11-5, 11-3; Anum Mustafa Aziz bt Iqra Shah 11-4, 11-3, 11-5; Roshna Mehboob bt Hira Aqeel 11-7, 11-4, 11-1; Aiman Shahbaz bt Aina Shaikh 11-5, 11-3, 11-4; Ilsa Imran bt Komal Khan 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-9, 11-3; Noor-ul-Huda bt Aina Aziz 11-1, 11-3, 11-2.Quarter-finals: Zaynab Khan bt Mehvish Ali 11-2, 11-4, 11-7; Anum Mustafa Aziz bt Sana Bahadur 5-11, 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9; Roshna Mehboob bt Aiman Shahbaz 11-3, 11-4, 11-4; Noor-ul-Huda bt Ilsa Imran 11-8, 11-2, 11-7

Men’s:

Second round: Naveed Rehman bt Tayyab Rauf 11-6, 11-4, 11-7; Mutahir Ali bt Anas Khan 10-12, 11-9, 11-2, 11-8; Uzair Shoukat bt Zeeshan Malik 11-9, 13-11, 7-2(retired); Junaid Khan bt Faizan Khan 11-3, 11-7, 12-10; Ashab Irfan bt M Ammad 9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-3; Huzaifa Shahid bt Talha Saeed 11-2, 11-5, 11-9; Khushal Riaz bt Noman Khan 11-8, 11-6, 11-9; Saeed Abdul bt Khakan Malik 11-8, 11-7, 11-7

Quarter-finals: Naveed Rehman bt Mutahir Ali 11-7, 15-13, 5-11, 11-3; Uzair Shoukat bt Junaid Khan 11-7, 11-7, 11-5; Ashab Irfan bt Huzaifa Shahid 11-13, 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; Saeed Abdul bt Khushal Riaz 11-6, 11-9, 11-6.

Published in Dawn, January 28th, 2022